Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis
Mark William Ellisis an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played the majority of his Major League Baseballcareer for the Oakland Athletics, and also appeared for the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. Ellis posted a career .991 fielding percentage, the fifth-best all-time for a second baseman in MLB history at the time of his retirement...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 June 1977
CityRapid City, SD
batting game games hopefully playing practice start together
We haven't been able to play together a lot yet. Hopefully we'll be out there for a lot of games. You can do all you want during batting practice but you have to get out there in game situations. We need to start playing together.
boston couple fact four game games point tough win
The fact is, we're only one game behind. And at this point of the year, that's all right. ... It's a big series, four games in Boston -- that's a tough place to play. We have got to win a couple there and keep it close.
ball easy fun games gave great hard perfect playing rocket starting
We're starting to know what each other will do. It's fun playing with him. He's a great shortstop. It's hard to see in the day games here. The ball was a rocket at him. He made a great play and gave me a perfect feed. Then it was easy for me.
award game pitch somebody stuff
Somebody told us before the game he has better stuff than (Cy Young award winner) Johan Santana, ... He doesn't know how to pitch like Johan Santana yet. But once he does, he will be real good.
best game impact players
He's one of the best all-around players I've ever seen. He can impact the game in a lot of ways.
control takes
Even as a young guy, he takes control. That's his infield out there, and that's the way it should be.
Same old stuff. He makes you get yourself out.
both change guess knows
Really? Can that even happen? Wow. Obviously, that's surprising, but it's nice, it's great. I think everyone is comfortable with Macha, everyone knows what to expect. I guess (Macha and Beane) both had a change of heart.
dugout everybody gets gotten hits job saying
Everybody in the dugout was saying they shouldn't have done that. We've gotten a lot of big hits from him. When he gets up there we know he'll get the job done.
baseball fan follow frank good numbers presence
You look at Frank's numbers and he's amazing. He's already a presence around here. You couldn't be a baseball fan in the '90s and not follow Frank Thomas. He's as good as there was in the game.
definitely tough
That was tough today. But we definitely didn't give up. ... We're used to (late-season pressure). Pressure's only what you make of it. It'll be a lot of fun.
biggest downfall pop second twice
That was my biggest downfall as a hitter. I'd pop up to second at least twice a game.
caught everybody good knows team totally turned weird
I was totally caught off guard. I was very surprised. It's good. He knows everybody on team and everybody is comfortable with him. It's weird how it turned out, but I think everybody's happy. It's good to have Mach.
bat felt good head
It felt good to get the head of the bat on the ball. That whole inning was good.